View of the façade of the Moti Masjid [Pearl Mosque], Shahjahanabad (now Lal Qila or Red Fort), Delhi, India

People:

Thomas Rust (photographer)
Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the façade of the Moti Masjid [Pearl Mosque], Shahjahanabad (now Lal Qila or Red Fort), Delhi, India

Date:

1870s or 1880s

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.7 x 30.1 cm mount: 43.2 x 34.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:1018:003

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in black ink, on the secondary support, l.c.: with title

Location:

Lal Qila; Delhi; Delhi (Union Territory); India;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

steps
mosque
façade
masjid
cusped arches
marble inlays

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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